Ecclesiastes 12:10

Hebrew	בִּקֵּ֣שׁ קֹהֶ֔לֶת לִמְצֹ֖א דִּבְרֵי חֵ֑פֶץ וְכָת֥וּב יֹ֖שֶׁר דִּבְרֵ֥י אֱמֶֽת
ESV	The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.
NIV	The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.
NLT	The Teacher sought to find just the right words to express truths clearly.
LXX	πολλὰ ἐζήτησεν Ἐκκλησιαστὴς τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article εὑρεῖν λόγουςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigλόγος Meaning * A word or words * Statement * Message * Speech * Account * Used in John to mean God the Son Masculine noun. Related to the verb λέγω. λόγος in Greek Thought Before the New Testament, λόγος already had deep philosophical use. In Greek philosophy, λόγος was the rational principle that ordered the universe, the divine reason that structured all things. In Heraclitus, λόγος referred to the unifying rational principle behind the constant change in the world.… θελήματος καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” γεγραμμένον εὐθύτητος λόγουςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigλόγος Meaning * A word or words * Statement * Message * Speech * Account * Used in John to mean God the Son Masculine noun. Related to the verb λέγω. λόγος in Greek Thought Before the New Testament, λόγος already had deep philosophical use. In Greek philosophy, λόγος was the rational principle that ordered the universe, the divine reason that structured all things. In Heraclitus, λόγος referred to the unifying rational principle behind the constant change in the world.… ἀληθείας
KJV	The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

^{Ecclesiastes 12:9 ← Ecclesiastes 12:10 → Ecclesiastes 12:11}

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